Horse manure tea

[autonoob84]

Hi, I have some autoflowers ready for the season. They're in a organic potting mix with perlite but I would like to feed them something a little extra before they finally go into the ground or a bigger pot with more stuff and I think a horse manure tea might be the best most simple thing I can do.

To make manure tea you put the manure in a bucket with water leave it for a couple days, while stirring and stuff. Then you just take some of the liquid and dilute it right?

If that's how you do it, how often would I be watering them this feed and how early should I start doing it? Currently at about day 5 above ground.

Thanks!

 

[hecno]

That's what I do , I use chicken - cow - horse - But I use it more to feed the soil and encourage worms to move in . If you make it very weak you can start now , I have done it at 5 days and not had a problem , but remember start off very weak .

 

[autonoob84]

That's what I do , I use chicken - cow - horse - But I use it more to feed the soil and encourage worms to move in . If you make it very weak you can start now , I have done it at 5 days and not had a problem , but remember start off very weak .

Thanks mate!

 

[autonoob84]

And my most important question. How many ml of tea per 1l of water?

 

[autonoob84]

and another thing I forgot haha, can the manure tea be stored? or do I have to make a fresh batch every time?

 

[hecno]

At 5 days old I used like 1 ml a ltr . , but that depends on the manure and how you made it , as I said , start with a very weak mix , as for storing it I don't know as when I do use it I make it fresh .

 

[autonoob84]

I will do I'm using relatively fresh horse manure and ewc. It's going to be a really weak tea to begin with